HEBREW LESSON The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel


“It came about when all laer"f.yI, Yis’rael (Israel) heard that ~['b.r"y", Yarav’am (Jeroboam) had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all laer"f.yI, Yis’rael. None but the tribe of hd"Why>, Y’hudah (Judah) [along with !ymiy"n>Bi, Bin’yamiyn (Benjamin)] followed the house of dwID", David.” a ~ykil'm. M'lakhiym Alef (1Kings) 12:20[21] (NASB)


Around 930 B.C., in an act of utter rebellion against God, all but Judah seceded from Israel, ultimately to be lost through captivity and—eventually—assimila- tion into the nations. The Kingdom of Judah absorbed Benjamin (and possibly Simeon) and any remnant of the other tribes, which included the double-portion for Joseph—Ephraim and Manassah. Levi, since he had no land-inheritance, is likely not included among those exiled and “lost,” listed below.


!beWar>


Look! A son! Reuben


R’uven


!A[m.vi


heard / hearing Simeon


Shim’on


!luWbz>


Z’vulun honored Zebulun


rk'XF'yI


recompense Issachar


Yisaskhar


!D"


a judge Dan


Dan


dG"


good fortune Gad


Gad


rvea'


happy one Asher


Asher


yliT'p.n:


Naf’taliy wrestling Naphtali


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~yIr:p.a, Ef ’rayim


doubly-fruitful Ephraim


Artwork by Marc Chagall from the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, known as “The Jerusalem Windows,” they beautifully portray each of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. “Joseph” window is repeated for Ef’rayim and M’nasheh.


Pronunciation Key: a = “ah” | e = “eh” | i = “ee” | o = “oh” | u = “oo” | ch or kh = guttural sound in back of throat as in “bach” or “loch” not “ch” as in “much” or “charity”


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hV,n"m.


causing to forget Manasseh


M’nasheh


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